Senior Recruiter

Interstates•Sioux Falls, SD

18d

About The Position

The Senior Recruiter is a hands-on, strategic talent acquisition professional responsible for leading full-lifecycle recruiting for key positions across Interstates. The role emphasizes proactive sourcing and headhunting to identify, engage, and hire talent nationwide for field leadership, traveling, construction, industrial, and specialized technical roles. The Senior Recruiter partners with hiring managers and business leaders to understand workforce needs, develop tailored recruiting strategies, and build pipelines of active and passive candidates. The position also helps improve recruiting tools, processes, and market strategies to strengthen the organization’s ability to attract, engage, and retain high-quality talent. The role may be based at an Interstates office in Sioux Center, Iowa; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; or Omaha, Nebraska, or performed remotely within the Midwest. Up to 25% travel may be required for recruiting activities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Four or more years of recruiting experience across multiple disciplines and organizational levels.
Demonstrated success in proactive sourcing and headhunting.
Experience identifying, engaging, and attracting passive candidates through targeted outreach and relationship building.
Experience recruiting nationally for field-based, traveling, leadership, construction, industrial, or specialized technical roles.
Experience using applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, and recruiting analytics tools.
Strong relationship-building, communication, influencing, and consultative skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and build credibility with candidates, hiring managers, and business leaders.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting hard-to-fill or highly specialized positions.
PHR, SHRM-CP, or another relevant professional certification.
Experience using market intelligence tools and recruiting data to inform talent acquisition strategies.
Established professional networks within construction, industrial, technical, or field leadership talent markets.

Responsibilities

Lead full-lifecycle recruiting for national roles, from sourcing and screening through interviewing, selection, and offer negotiation.
Proactively source and headhunt high-quality talent using creative, targeted strategies, including candidates who are not actively seeking new opportunities.
Build and maintain pipelines of active and passive candidates for current and future hiring needs.
Recruit nationally for traveling field leadership, construction, industrial, and specialized technical positions.
Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to understand staffing needs and develop tailored recruiting strategies.
Advise hiring teams on talent markets, candidate availability, compensation expectations, and sourcing approaches.
Develop and maintain relationships with prospective candidates throughout and beyond the recruiting process.
Provide a positive, responsive, and professional candidate experience from initial outreach through onboarding.
Use applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, recruiting analytics, and other technologies to support sourcing, applicant management, reporting, and decision-making.
Improve sourcing strategies, recruiting tools, interview processes, and hiring practices.
Use recruiting data, market insights, and performance metrics to assess and strengthen recruiting effectiveness.
Ensure recruiting practices comply with applicable federal and state employment laws and company policies.
Travel as needed for recruiting activities, including team meetings, hiring events, career fairs, and occasional jobsite visits.